Complacency rules: Consumerism and the environment
Complacency and the refusal to change individual behavior and collective ways of living are stoking the underlying cause of the crisis—consumerism.
Biden admin reinstates early $190 million in Gulf drilling leases
The consequences of the sale could be the production of 1.1 billion barrels of oil and the probable release of 723 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Australia cuts 80% of its plastic bag use in just three months
Internationally there are 32 countries that have plastic bag bans in place.
White House releases National Climate Assessment
The report concluded that climate change will impact almost all aspects of life including food, the economy and culture heritage.
New lawsuit seeks to hold the Trump Administration accountable for eliminating environmental grades
“This is like a student hiding his report card because it’s full of Fs.”
Life after Standing Rock
“The U.S. government is wiping out our most important cultural and spiritual areas. And as it erases our footprint from the world, it erases us as a people."
U.S. continues to ship illegal plastic waste to developing countries
“You’re starting to see an outcry in countries being flooded with waste. And we are already seeing more countries starting to put their foot down.”
The win-wins of climate and biodiversity solutions
We need all efforts, big and small, to solve the biodiversity and climate crises.
More than 2,400 animals killed by oil spill in Colombia
It took Colombia's state oil company Ecopetrol three weeks to respond to the environmental disaster.
Individuals are not to blame for the climate crisis
Generation Z has grown up in the shadow of the climate crisis. Global leaders promised they would act. But despite grave warnings...